SF 3433

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/27/2018 08:42am

A bill for an act
relating to education; authorizing pupil transportation for certain pregnant and
parenting teens; amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 125A.51.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 125A.51, is amended to read:

125A.51 PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITHOUT DISABILITIES; EDUCATION
AND TRANSPORTATION.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Responsibility. new text end

The responsibility for providing instruction and
transportation for a pupil without a disability who new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end has a short-term or temporary physical or emotional illness or disability, as determined
by the standards of the commissioner deleted text begin , deleted text end new text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (2) is a pregnant or parenting teen according to subdivision 8;
new text end

and who is temporarily placed for care and treatment for that illness or disability, must be
determined as provided in this section.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin District of residence. new text end

deleted text begin (a) deleted text end The school district of residence of the pupil is the
district in which the pupil's parent or guardian resides. If there is a dispute between school
districts regarding residency, the district of residence is the district designated by the
commissioner.

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Parental rights terminated. new text end

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end When parental rights have been terminated
by court order, the legal residence of a child placed in a residential or foster facility for care
and treatment is the district in which the child resides.

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Notice; placement. new text end

deleted text begin (c) deleted text end Before the placement of a pupil for care and treatment,
the district of residence must be notified and provided an opportunity to participate in the
placement decision. When an immediate emergency placement is necessary and time does
not permit resident district participation in the placement decision, the district in which the
pupil is temporarily placed, if different from the district of residence, must notify the district
of residence of the emergency placement within 15 days of the placement. When a
nonresident district makes an emergency placement without first consulting with the resident
district, the resident district has up to five business days after receiving notice of the
emergency placement to request an opportunity to participate in the placement decision,
which the placing district must then provide.

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Day programs. new text end

deleted text begin (d) deleted text end When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed for
care and treatment in a day program and the pupil continues to live within the district of
residence during the care and treatment, the district of residence must provide instruction
and necessary transportation to and from the care and treatment program for the pupil. The
resident district may establish reasonable restrictions on transportation, except if a Minnesota
court or agency orders the child placed at a day care and treatment program and the resident
district receives a copy of the order, then the resident district must provide transportation
to and from the program unless the court or agency orders otherwise. Transportation shall
only be provided by the resident district during regular operating hours of the resident
district. The resident district may provide the instruction at a school within the district of
residence, at the pupil's residence, or in the case of a placement outside of the resident
district, in the district in which the day treatment program is located by paying tuition to
that district. The district of placement may contract with a facility to provide instruction by
teachers licensed by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Serving district responsible for education and transportation. new text end

deleted text begin (e) deleted text end When a
pupil without a disability is temporarily placed in a residential program for care and treatment,
the district in which the pupil is placed must provide instruction for the pupil and necessary
transportation while the pupil is receiving instruction, and in the case of a placement outside
of the district of residence, the nonresident district must bill the district of residence for the
actual cost of providing the instruction for the regular school year and for summer school,
excluding transportation costs.

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Homeless students. new text end

deleted text begin (f) deleted text end Notwithstanding deleted text begin paragraph (e) deleted text end new text begin subdivision 6 new text end , if the
pupil is homeless and placed in a public or private homeless shelter, then the district that
enrolls the pupil under section 120A.20, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), shall provide the
transportation, unless the district that enrolls the pupil and the district in which the pupil is
temporarily placed agree that the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed shall
provide transportation. When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed in a residential
program outside the district of residence, the administrator of the court placing the pupil
must send timely written notice of the placement to the district of residence. The district of
placement may contract with a residential facility to provide instruction by teachers licensed
by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. For purposes of this section,
the state correctional facilities operated on a fee-for-service basis are considered to be
residential programs for care and treatment.

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Pregnant and parenting teens. new text end

new text begin For a pregnant or parenting teen attending an
educational program that provides: (1) academic instruction; (2) at least four hours per week
of parenting instruction; and (3) high-quality child care on site during the educational day
with the capacity to serve all children of enrolled pupils, the district of residence may provide
transportation to and from that site.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Resident pupils. new text end

deleted text begin (g) deleted text end The district of residence must include the pupil in its
residence count of pupil units and pay tuition as provided in section 123A.488 to the district
providing the instruction.

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Transportation. new text end

Transportation costs must be paid by the district providing
the transportation and the state must pay transportation aid to that district. For purposes of
computing state transportation aid, pupils governed by this deleted text begin subdivision deleted text end new text begin section new text end must be
included in the disabled transportation category if the pupils cannot be transported on a
regular school bus route without special accommodations.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2019 and later.
new text end